From what I can see about it, it's not exactly a scam, but not really value for money, either. It's more like people buying data and mailing lists from College Board, and then marketing fluffy resume padding to students. With maybe a fun summer camp experience thrown in.

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/19/education/edlife/leadership-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-20160129-column.html

Last edited by aeh; 01/16/20 08:29 PM.
...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...